Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

New additions to Minestraio’s menu; click to expand
The husband and I took another spin at Minestraio last night and once again left pleased with its nicely priced, homey and hearty Italian fare. I ordered the Amatriciana—rigatoni with spicy tomato and guanciale (Italian bacon) and pecorino—and the husband got the Tortellini filled with pork, beef and [...]

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Clockwise from top left: the beef carpaccio (which I’d already dug into); the fusillini with lamb ragu; the desserts; the husband’s lasagna; click to expand
Friday night, the husband and I hit Minestraio, the new incarnation in the former La Terza space at the Orlando Hotel.
The chefs are the same (chef Gino Angelini and co-chef-owner Gianluca [...]

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Weekly Highlights
— Eats—La Terza Morphs Into More Affordable Minestraio
— Shops—Hands-On 3rd in Former She Sells Seashells Space
— Shops—Zara Brings More Fast Fashion to The Grove
— Beauty—Scissor Kick, Jeannine Brousseau Amps Up Freshen Studio
— Shops—Stretching Those Legs, DF Feet Expands
— Shops—Beverly Blossoms Stays in Pinkyotto Pink
— Shops—Earnest Sewn Co-Founders Exit, Boutique Not Coming to [...]

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Louis Vuitton fall ‘09 from The Pipeline
— DailyCandy on La Terza’s switch to Minestraio / DailyCandy
— Recipes from Blunda Aromatics on Edinburgh / Vital Juice
— Home Ec classes at Reform School in Silver Lake / Reform School blog
— American Apparel sells 20% stake ($80 million) in company/ Drapers
— American Apparel Coulda Gone Bankrupt w/o $80 [...]

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La Terza exterior from Daily Dish; click to expand
I’m very excited about news from Daily Dish (and B+S reader Alex, thanks!) that La Terza at the Orlando Hotel (where I Food Marathon-ed) will be transforming into a more reasonably-priced Minestraio, still helmed by chef Gino Angelini and co-chef-owner Gianluca Sarti:
“the slightly formal La Terza [...]

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— B+S Eats—Stormy Blogger Mashup, The B+S Food Marathon!
— Shops—Apartment 3 Finds New Home in Los Feliz, Preview This Sunday
— Real Estates—Farmers Market Self Storage
— Shops—Abbreviated Staples at Beverly Connection
— Fashions—Confederacy’s Ilaria Urbinati and Rebecca Minkoff Collab
— Fashions—Inboxed by Priestess NYC
— Shops—DWR May Sell Company!
— Shops—Malia Mills Opens at Brentwood Country Mart! Plus, [...]

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Stormy on West 3rd Street; click to expand
It was cold. It was rainy. It was Thursday. Food Marathon and I met at the agreed upon meeting place to begin the B+S Food Marathon. The goal? To hit three spots on West 3rd Street hard and fast and, hopefully, devour many delicious morsels along the way. [...]

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